Pharmacy Aides in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,431
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$4,729
13.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$29,416
Florida costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Florida — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$35,160
Kept after tax
$30,431
Worth in national money
$29,416
State rank
39
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida is among the lower-paying states for pharmacy aides. The middle earner takes $35,160, ranking 39 of 48 states — about 6.69% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Florida, this one sits low: 454 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $35,160, tax leaves $30,431 — and because Florida is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $29,416 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $37,850, since top earners drag the number up.
- Florida ranks 39 of 48 for pharmacy aides, with a median of $35,160 — about 6.69% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Pharmacy aides occupies position 454 of 493 in Florida's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- After tax, $30,431 remains from the Florida median of $35,160 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $29,416 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $37,850 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Pharmacy Aides
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,890 |
| This salary | $35,160 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Florida | $30,431 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,431 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,900 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $35,160 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,298 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $35,160 as a midpoint for Florida, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,540 and the ninetieth is $45,890 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Florida the take-home figure of $30,431, from $35,160, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 454 of 493 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $29,416 uses one figure for the whole of Florida. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 454.
- The Florida median of $35,160 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,540 to $45,890. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Florida is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $30,431 from $35,160. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 454 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $29,416, worked from $35,160, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Florida address, on work sitting at 454 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $37,850, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $31,540 at the bottom tenth to $45,890 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $29,416 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $30,431 survives, because Florida levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Florida is $37,850. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,540 to $45,890) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Florida rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Florida's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $29,416 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Florida levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $30,431 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.